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Originally Posted by GA Russell
Originally the term was for 14 years, and I would be happy with that.
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You may be happy, but to put it mildly, lots of authors and content creators would not.
"14 years" was set over 200 years ago, at a time when average life expectancy was 35 rather than 75, and when duplicating content required significantly larger investments than it does today.
Life plus may not be perfect, and some implementations may be too long, but a) it isn't the worst idea, and b) it's internationally established and not likely to change any time soon.
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Originally Posted by GA Russell
I would not require anyone to do anything that he does not want to do. All I am saying is...If you don't want to do it, you can't prevent someone else from doing it.
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• What's the time frame before you lose control?
• Who gets to decide which formats are "required"?
• How can anyone possibly predict which formats will be viable, and therefore a "required" investment?
• What happens to an author who explicitly says "I hate digital distribution, and I don't want my books out in a digital form at all"?
• What about photographers and magazine articles, which aren't intended to be continuously in print?
• What about a musician who, for whatever reason, refuses to release recordings and only wants to play live?
• What about an artist who wants control when the material is translated into a different medium?
• Is every book ever written, that has not been made into a movie yet, fair game for Hollywood -- without any need to negotiate or pay for the rights?
"Use it or lose it" makes for a nice slogan, but it's completely unworkable.